Monody
To have known him, to have loved him After loneness long; And then to be estranged in life, And neither in the wrong; And now for death to set his seal-- Ease me, a little ease, my song! By wintry hills his hermit-mound The sheeted snow-drifts drape, And houseless there the snow-bird flits Beneath the fir-trees' crape: Glazed now with ice the cloistral vine That hid the shyest grape.
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"To have known him, to have loved him..."
Exploring the themes of classic, Herman Melville delivers a powerful performance in "Monody"... ### Why We Love This Line At Linespedia, we believe that poetry is the ultimate sanctuary for the soul...